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Conifers and cycads3

• The Herbarium holds specimens of vascular plants which include ferns, lycopods, gymnosperms (including conifers and cycads) and flowering plants. (kew.org)
• b) softwoods are gymnosperms, which are plants such as conifers and cycads that have "naked seeds" borne in cones. (calforestfoundation.org)
• They started small but experienced a great diversification during the Cretaceous, eventually replacing forests dominated by gymnosperms, seed-producing plants such as conifers and cycads. (phys.org)

Ginkgo2

• Also, the study's results provide tantalizing new insights into the evolutionary pathway that flowering plants took 135 million years ago when they split off from gymnosperms, the "naked-seeded" plant group that includes conifers, cycads and ginkgo trees. (ucdavis.edu)
• Examples: cycads, all conifers, Ginkgo biloba . (diygardens.org)

Zamiaceae3

• The genus Dioon contains around a dozen species of cycads in the Zamiaceae family that are native to Mexico and Central America. (plantdelights.com)
• 2023. The phylogenetic reconstruction of the Neotropical cycad genus Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae) reveals disparate patterns of niche evolution. (montgomerybotanical.org)
• 2022. Ceratozamia oliversacksii (Zamiaceae), a new species of gymnosperm from western Oaxaca, Mexico. (montgomerybotanical.org)

Gnetophytes1

• Scientists at Kew identified the most Evolutionary Distinct and Globally Endangered species of gymnosperms (naked-seed-bearing plants that include ginkgos, conifers, cycads, and gnetophytes) using the EDGE method . (kew.org)

Plants19

• The gymnosperms and angiosperms are collectively called Spermatophyte (seed-bearing) plants. (tripod.com)
• This cycad is dioecious (separate male and female plants). (missouribotanicalgarden.org)
• Away from the expected California wildflowers and blowing grasses, there is a secret garden of rescued plants, ancient gymnosperms called cycads. (atlasobscura.com)
• Seed-bearing organ on gymnosperm plants. (eol.org)
• Fossil palynomorphs include spores of fungi and ferns, dinocysts, and pollen of angiosperms (flowering plants) and gymnosperms (conifers, Ginkgos, and cycads). (deltastate.edu)
• Cycads have separate male and female plants and you will not get seeds unless you have one of each. (plantdelights.com)
• Gymnosperms , meaning "naked seeds," are a diverse group of seed plants and are paraphyletic. (openstax.org)
• Gymnosperms are, those seed plants in which the seeds remain exposed over the surface of the megasporophylls because the latter are not folded to form pistils. (biologydiscussion.com)
• 1. Gymnosperms are a small group of seed plants which are represented by only 900 living species. (biologydiscussion.com)
• Plants of cycadopsida and coniferopsida are commonly called cycads and conifers respectively. (biologydiscussion.com)
• These innovations define key turning points in the history of green plants, and they are what separate the major plant groups: green algae, mosses and liverworts, ferns, gymnosperms and flowering plants. (nybg.org)
• As long as 245 million years ago, the gymnosperms (plants with exposed seeds, such as ginkgos, cycads, redwoods, pines and their long-extinct relatives) were the dominant plant form, accompanied by mosses, ferns, and liverworts. (baynature.org)
• Conifers are thus one group of gymnosperms, literally, plants with "naked seeds. (vt.edu)
• What are gymnosperms and which plants are included in this group? (papertrell.com)
• So to make it very easy for you to understand, you should know that gymnosperm plants and angiosperms exist . (diygardens.org)
• It is the only group of plants found in Gnetaceae.They are gymnosperms, meaning their seeds are "naked" and not covered unlike flowering plants. (amcairlines.com)
• Gnetum africanum : Source: Gymnosperms of North America Update, database (version 2010) Acquired: 2010 : Notes: Updated for ITIS by the Flora of North America Expertise Network, in connection with an update for USDA PLANTS (2007-2010) Reference for: Gnetum africanum : Source: The PLANTS Database, database (version 4.0.4) Acquired: 1996 : Notes: Report for CARPE. (amcairlines.com)
• While there are many ways to structure plant classification, one way is to group them into vascular and non-vascular plants, seed-bearing and spore-bearing, and angiosperms and gymnosperms. (praadisedu.com)
• These are flowering plants (angiosperms) and conifers, Ginkgos, and cycads (gymnosperms). (praadisedu.com)

Ferns2

• They will also read about the differences among bryophytes, ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms in reproduction and internal transport systems. (millerandlevine.com)
• At this point in ancient history, terrestrial plant life consisted predominantly of species including gymnosperms (such as cycads and conifers), ferns, moss, and liverworts. (sciencefriday.com)

Angiosperms3

• Angiosperms evolved from gymnosperms during the early Cretaceous about 140-125 Mya. (tripod.com)
• 2. Gymnosperms are more ancient than the angiosperms. (biologydiscussion.com)
• Gymnosperms, especially conifers, are still common and very successful but have been outpaced by the angiosperms, which have spread to every conceivable corner of the earth. (baynature.org)

Cycas2

• Cycas is also called living fossil because it possesses a number of characters of extinct pteridosperms and cycads. (biologydiscussion.com)
• The Palm house was built in 1864 and there are a number of trees from that time still standing, among others the large cycads ( Cycas zeylanica ) and the Breadfruit ( Artocarpus altilis ), the latter associated with Polynesia and Mutiny on the Bounty. (lu.se)

Species3

• Dioon species eventually produce a tall trunk (for a cycad), eventually reaching up to 10' in temperate gardens. (plantdelights.com)
• It is a gymnosperm species belonging to the family Cycadaceae. (herbs2000.com)
• Evidence for the Role of Salicylic Acid in Thermoregulation in Sporophylls of Male Cones of Six Cycad Species. (montgomerybotanical.org)

Pines1

• Like all gymnosperms, pines are heterosporous and generate two different types of spores: male microspores and female megaspores. (openstax.org)

Pollination1

• 2023. Cone humidity is a strong attractant in an obligate cycad pollination system. (montgomerybotanical.org)

Gnetales1

• Some recent gymnosperms (cycads and Gnetales) are insect-pollinated and produce nectar-type secretions so it is quite possible that Jurassic gymnosperms may have too. (fieldofscience.com)

Phylogeny1

• Cycad phylogeny predicts host plant use of Eumaeus butterflies. (montgomerybotanical.org)

Cones1

• Gymnosperms (from the Greek terms gymnos, meaning "naked," and sperma, meaning "seed") produce seeds that are totally exposed or borne on the scales of cones. (papertrell.com)

Cycadopsida1

• Living gymnosperms are divided into four groups- Cycadopsida, Ginkgopsida, Coniferopsida and Gnetopsida. (biologydiscussion.com)

Genus1

• Genus name comes from the Greek words en meaning in, cephale meaning a head and artos meaning bread for the edible "heart" of the plant. (missouribotanicalgarden.org)

Seeds are not2

• Gymnosperm seeds are not completely covered by the parent plant when they are formed. (answers.com)
• Cycads are gymnosperms whose seeds are not enclosed in an ovary. (missouribotanicalgarden.org)

Commonly called1

• Encephalartos horridus , commonly called ferocious blue cycad (also eastern cape blue cycad), is a slow-growing, small to medium-sized, evergreen blue cycad that is native to rocky outcroppings, slopes and ridges in Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. (missouribotanicalgarden.org)

Sago1

• Sago palm is known by several other names including sago cycad, king sago and Japanese sago palm. (herbs2000.com)

Evergreen1

• The gymnosperm is an evergreen small palm-like or tree-fern like sporophyte that occurs in some tropical and subtropical areas. (biologydiscussion.com)

Plant1

• Like all cycads, Dioon is an exotic, flowerless, seed-bearing plant (gymnosperm) that produces seeds within a cone (strobilus). (plantdelights.com)

Reproductive1

• 2022. Temporal shifts in reproductive phenology of cycads: a comparative study in Ceratozamia . (montgomerybotanical.org)

Ornamental1

• Cycads are grown for their ornamental appeal, e.g. (biologydiscussion.com)

Characteristics of gymnosperms1

• Characteristics of Gymnosperms 2. (biologydiscussion.com)

Reproduction1

• The life cycle of a conifer will serve as our example of reproduction in gymnosperms. (openstax.org)

Woody1

• 3. All gymnosperms are perennial and woody, forming either bushes or trees. (biologydiscussion.com)

Biology1

• 2022. Eduard August von Regel (1815-1892) - Pioneer in the field of cycad biology. (montgomerybotanical.org)

Gametophyte1

• The life cycle of a gymnosperm involves alternation of generations, with a dominant sporophyte in which the female gametophyte resides, and reduced gametophytes. (openstax.org)

Group1

• It is smaller group of gymnosperms which have palm-like habit and fern-like foliage. (biologydiscussion.com)

Stevenson1

• I spent last summer and fall as an intern working with Vice President and Cullman Curator Dennis Stevenson, Ph.D., on the Gymnosperm Seed Evolution Project at The New York Botanical Garden. (nybg.org)

Native1

• This cycad is native to India and Sri Lanka (former Zeylon). (lu.se)

Warmer2

• 280 million years in existence, cycads (which exist in as three families in most warmer parts of the world) can live for a thousand years, and fetch a pretty penny on the black market. (atlasobscura.com)
• In warmer areas only a handful of gymnosperms can be observed, e.g. (biologydiscussion.com)

Foliage1

• There are other Gymnosperms that have their foliage not quite … It imparts colour to the seed. (amcairlines.com)

Pine1

• The wollemi pine has the highest EDGE score on the EDGE list for gymnosperms. (kew.org)

Palm1

• The L.A. Zoo has a secret garden of rare bootleg cycads, a palm specimen dating back 280 million years. (atlasobscura.com)

Living1

• Types of Living Gymnosperms 3. (biologydiscussion.com)

Dominant1

• Gymnosperms were the dominant phylum in Mesozoic era. (openstax.org)

Life1

• The sporophyte (2 n ) phase is the longest phase in the life of a gymnosperm. (openstax.org)